SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1985
THE METHOD, HOWEVER, HAS ITS LIMITATIONS. IT CANNOT BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LONG OR CURVED TUNNELS, AND IS NOT CONSIDERED SUITABLE FOR SITES OBSTRUCTED BY THE PRESENCE OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF HARD MATERIAL SUCH AS ROCK AND BOULDERS.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO SUBWAYS AT CHATHAM ROAD NORTH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER, AFTER 11 MONTHS OF WORK.
THE TWO REPLACEMENT SUBWAYS ARE REQUIRED TO ALLOW THE DIVERSION OF THE EXISTING FOOTPATH WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO THE RAILWAY CONNECTING HUNG HOM WITH 01 MAN, SO THAT AN ADDITIONAL SHUNTING LINE CAN BE PROVIDED FOR K.C.R.C.
CAS MEMBERS PRACTISE EMERGENCY OPERATION
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OVER 300 CAS MEMBERS TOOK PART IN THE CIVIL AID SERVICES NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL EXERCISE HELD IN TUEN MUN TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE EXERCISE A RAINSTORM AND LANDSLIP EMERGENCY OPERATION WAS HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY AT SO KWUN WAT AND YUEN TUN CAMP, FROM 9.45 AM TO 6 PM.
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THE PURPOSE IS TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF CAS INCIDENT CONTROL, MOBILISATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF MANPOWER AND RESOURCES AS WELL AS CASUALTY HANDLING.
DURING THE NINE-HOUR LONG EXERCISE, MEMBERS FROM THE FOUR CAS DISTRICTS IN N. T. WERE INTENSIVELY INVOLVED IN TREATING CASUALTIES, EXTRICATING TRAPPED PERSONS AND EVACUATING VICTIMS FROM A DISASTER SITE TO A CASUALTY CLEARING POINT.
CAS MEMBERS HAD DEMONSTRATED HIGH EFFICIENCY AND SKILL DURING RAINSTORM EMERGENCIES IN THE PAST BY EVACUATING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS AREAS, LOOKING AFTER HOMELESS PEOPLE IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS, CARRYING OUT HEAVY RESCUE DUTIES AND DIGGING DAY AND NIGHT TO RECOVER TRAPPED PERSONS.
THE CAS TACTICAL FORCE UNIT, CONSISTING OF 400 VOLUNTEERS, IS ABLE TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY WITHIN ONE HOUR OF CALL.
AT THE YUEN TUN CAMP, TRAINING PROGRAMMES ALSO TOOK PLACE. CAS INSTRUCTORS CARRIED OUT FIRST AID PRACTICE FOR ADVANCED INSTRUCTORS, VOLUNTEERS PERFORMED WORK CAMP PROJECTS AND CADETS PRACTISED CAMP CRAFT AND COUNTRY PARK CONSERVATION STUDIES AND ROPE INITIATIVE COURSE EXERCISES.
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